Shockwave - Revision history

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'''Macromedia Shockwave''' is Macromedia's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the advent of Macromedia Flash. In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prepended ''Shockwave'' to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish Shockwave Flash as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and Flash became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. As of 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash.

Although Macromedia Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. Shockwave's 3D engine is still unchallenged in this market having replaced Java as the most popular engine for online games. Flash files can be played on a Shockwave player, but not vice versa. Other features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, direct pixel access on bitmap images, blend modes for layered display of graphic assets and support for various network protocols, including Internet Relay Chat. Furthermore Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for Linux (or Solaris) despite very vocal lobbying efforts by the Linux community.

According to [http://www.macromedia.com Macromedia.com], Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 55.4% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player Census]). Macromedia Shockwave Player uses ''.DCR'' files created using the authoring tool Macromedia Director. Its MIME type is ''application/x-director''. Macromedia Flash Player is available on 97.7% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Player Census]). It uses ''.SWF'' files created using Macromedia Flash, FreeHand, Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as OpenOffice.org and Swish. Its MIME type is ''application/x-shockwave-flash''.

==External links==
*[http://www.shockwave.com Shockwave.com - large gaming site cofounded by Macromedia]
*[http://www.macromedia.com/ Macromedia's home page]
*[http://www.fogdir.com Flash and Shockwave Games Directory]
===Shockwave and Flash definitions===
*[http://www.macromedia.com/support/general/ts/documents/sw_flash_differences.htm What's the difference between Shockwave and Flash?]
*[http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-animation6.htm The Difference Between Flash and Shockwave]
*[http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/S/Shockwave.html Definition of Shockwave]

John Spikowski: From Wikipedia

2006-04-24T05:47:54Z

From Wikipedia

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−	'''Macromedia Shockwave''' is Macromedia's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the advent of Macromedia Flash. In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prepended ''Shockwave'' to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish Shockwave Flash as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and Flash became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. As of 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash.	+	'''Macromedia Shockwave''' is {{Glossary\|Macromedia's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the advent of Macromedia [[Flash]]\|1}}. In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prepended ''Shockwave'' to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish Shockwave Flash as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and Flash became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. As of 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash.

	Although Macromedia Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. Shockwave's 3D engine is still unchallenged in this market having replaced Java as the most popular engine for online games. Flash files can be played on a Shockwave player, but not vice versa. Other features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, direct pixel access on bitmap images, blend modes for layered display of graphic assets and support for various network protocols, including Internet Relay Chat. Furthermore Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for Linux (or Solaris) despite very vocal lobbying efforts by the Linux community.		Although Macromedia Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. Shockwave's 3D engine is still unchallenged in this market having replaced Java as the most popular engine for online games. Flash files can be played on a Shockwave player, but not vice versa. Other features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, direct pixel access on bitmap images, blend modes for layered display of graphic assets and support for various network protocols, including Internet Relay Chat. Furthermore Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for Linux (or Solaris) despite very vocal lobbying efforts by the Linux community.

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	According to [http://www.macromedia.com Macromedia.com], Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 55.4% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player Census]). Macromedia Shockwave Player uses ''.DCR'' files created using the authoring tool Macromedia Director. Its MIME type is ''application/x-director''. Macromedia Flash Player is available on 97.7% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Player Census]). It uses ''.SWF'' files created using Macromedia Flash, FreeHand, Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as OpenOffice.org and Swish. Its MIME type is ''application/x-shockwave-flash''.		According to [http://www.macromedia.com Macromedia.com], Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 55.4% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player Census]). Macromedia Shockwave Player uses ''.DCR'' files created using the authoring tool Macromedia Director. Its MIME type is ''application/x-director''. Macromedia Flash Player is available on 97.7% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Player Census]). It uses ''.SWF'' files created using Macromedia Flash, FreeHand, Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as OpenOffice.org and Swish. Its MIME type is ''application/x-shockwave-flash''.
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		+	==See Also==
		+	*[[SPi-V]] - Shockwave based panorama viewer
		+	*[[Plugin detection]]

	==External links==		==External links==

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	*[http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-animation6.htm The Difference Between Flash and Shockwave]		*[http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-animation6.htm The Difference Between Flash and Shockwave]
	*[http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/S/Shockwave.html Definition of Shockwave]		*[http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/S/Shockwave.html Definition of Shockwave]
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-'''Macromedia Shockwave''' is [[Macromedia]]'s first and most successful multimedia player prior to the advent of [[Macromedia Flash]]. In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prepended ''Shockwave'' to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish [[SWF|Shockwave Flash]] as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and [[SWF|Flash]] became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. As of 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player [[plugins]] under the brand names [[Macromedia Authorware]], Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash.
+'''Macromedia Shockwave''' is Macromedia's first and most successful multimedia player prior to the advent of Macromedia Flash. In an attempt to raise its brand profile all Macromedia players prepended ''Shockwave'' to their names in the late 1990s. Although this campaign was very successful and helped establish Shockwave Flash as a dominant multimedia plugin, Shockwave and Flash became more difficult to maintain as two separate products. As of 2005, Macromedia marketed three distinct browser player plugins under the brand names Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Shockwave and Macromedia Flash.
-Although Macromedia Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. Shockwave's 3D engine is still unchallenged in this market having replaced Java as the most popular engine for online games. Flash files can be played on a Shockwave player, but not vice versa. Other features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, direct pixel access on bitmap images, blend modes for layered display of graphic assets and support for various network protocols, including [[Internet Relay Chat]]. Furthermore Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for [[Linux]] (or [[Solaris Operating Environment|Solaris]]) despite very vocal lobbying efforts by the Linux community.
+Although Macromedia Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. Shockwave's 3D engine is still unchallenged in this market having replaced Java as the most popular engine for online games. Flash files can be played on a Shockwave player, but not vice versa. Other features not replicated by Flash include a much faster rendering engine, including hardware-accelerated 3D, direct pixel access on bitmap images, blend modes for layered display of graphic assets and support for various network protocols, including Internet Relay Chat. Furthermore Shockwave's functionality can be extended with so-called "Xtras". Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not available for Linux (or Solaris) despite very vocal lobbying efforts by the Linux community.
-According to [http://www.macromedia.com Macromedia.com], Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 55.4% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player Census]). Macromedia Shockwave Player uses ''.DCR'' files created using the authoring tool [[Macromedia Director]]. Its [[MIME]] type is ''application/x-director''. Macromedia Flash Player is available on 97.7% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Player Census]). It uses ''.SWF'' files created using Macromedia Flash, [[FreeHand]], Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as [[OpenOffice.org]] and [[SWiSH_Max|Swish]]. Its MIME type is ''application/x-shockwave-flash''.
+According to [http://www.macromedia.com Macromedia.com], Macromedia Shockwave Player is available on 55.4% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player Census]). Macromedia Shockwave Player uses ''.DCR'' files created using the authoring tool Macromedia Director. Its MIME type is ''application/x-director''. Macromedia Flash Player is available on 97.7% of Internet-enabled PCs ([http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/ Flash Player Census]). It uses ''.SWF'' files created using Macromedia Flash, FreeHand, Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as OpenOffice.org and Swish. Its MIME type is ''application/x-shockwave-flash''.
 ==External links==